It’s been a long, long summer. It began with the murder of Breonna Taylor, the threat to birdwatcher Chris Cooper’s life, the murder of George Floyd, the shooting of Jakob Blake. In Portland, where I live, we’ve had demonstrations, that only ended when the wildfires approached. At one point we packed our bags, to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice. Now that it’s fall, the pandemic that was so conveniently ignored during the summer is back, with aRead more